{"id":178681,"date":"2025-09-13T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T06:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-spends-more-time-abroad-than-in-nigeria"},"modified":"2025-09-13T08:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:40:11","slug":"tinubu-spends-more-time-abroad-than-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/tinubu-spends-more-time-abroad-than-in-nigeria","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Spends More Time Abroad Than in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nollywood veteran, Kenneth Okonkwo, has slammed the incessant foreign trips of President Bola Tinubu, saying he has spent more time abroad than in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Okonkwo made this statement on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He said most serious presidents with the kind of problems Nigeria has should not be vacationing in foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe All Progressives Congress, or whatever name it\u2019s called, is now a curse in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at the things going on in Nigeria. Where is your president? Vacation in France. People are dying in Zamfara, dying in Katsina. He said he\u2019s going on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee our educational system. ASUU is threatening to go on strike. This is telling you the instability in the educational system. The doctors and nurses are threatening to also go on strike, telling you the instability in healthcare. How about the oil sector? NUPENG going on strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA country where the education, the healthcare, and infrastructure are in problem is a country in distress. We have more malnourished children in Nigeria now than in Sudan,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost serious presidents with the kind of problems Nigeria has, I don\u2019t see them vacationing in foreign countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nollywood veteran, Kenneth Okonkwo, has slammed the incessant foreign trips of President Bola Tinubu, saying he has spent more time abroad than in Nigeria. Okonkwo made this statement on Friday while responding to questions in an interview on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. 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